Hair-waving device



April 30. 1929. 7 A. M. REN 1,711,177

HAIR WAVING DEVICE Filed April 17, 1.928 2 Sheets-Sheet \f7 INVENTOR- wws M M 2 ATTORNEYb AprilBO, 1929. M, RENE 1,111,177

- HAIR WAVING DEVICE Filed April 17,. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR.

BY w 272 z 2 ATTORNEYS.

Patented a 30, 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT MICHON RENE OF GRAND VIEW, NEW YORK.

HAIR-WAVING DEVICE.

Application filed April 17, 1928. Serial no. 270,620.

This invention relates to hair treating devices, and particularly to arrangements whereby a tress of hair wound upon a curler may be enclosed within a chamber into which steam or other treating medium is introduced.

In general the object of the invention is to rovide an article of the class described which will efliciently accomplish the purpose for which it is intended and which may be readily sembled.

Among the other objects of the invention are the provision of means whereby the opera f taken from left of Fig. 9;

tions necessary in the permanent waving o hair may be simplified and facilitated, the

provision of means whereby a tress of hair upon a curler may be easily and firmly enclosed for treatment, and may be readily released when the treatment is complete, and the provision of means whereby a tight closure at the openings of the device may be assured and of means for removably retaining the latter means in place.

Other objects of the invention will in part bg obvious and will in part appear hereina ter.

The invention accordingly comprises an article of manufacture possessing the features, properties, and the relation of elements which will be exemplified in the article hereinafter described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of a device embodying the invention, showing the same in closed position and with portions thereof cut away;

Fig. 2 is an of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a front view showing the device in open position and with a portion thereof cut away;

Fig. 4 is an end view taken from the right 7 of Fig. 3 and showing portions of the device 50 in section;

end view taken from the right and economically manufactured and as Fig. 5 is a rear view showing the device in closed position and with portions thereof cut away; 1

Fig. 6 is a view of the device taken from the top of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 is an end view of a similar device embodying an alternate form of clamp;

- Fig. 8 is a view of one end of the device taken from the top of Fi 7;

Fig. 9 is an end view of a similar device showing the same equipped with another form of clamp;

Fig. 10 is a vlew of one end of the, device Fig. 11 is a top view showing the device equipped with still another form of clamping means; and

Fig. 12 is a similar view showing the clamp in detached position.

In the treatment of hair, and particularly in the permanent waving of the same, it is desirable to enclose within a chamber a tress of hair wound upon a curling pin and to introduce into the chamber a treating medium, such as steam. Ordinarily such a chamber is provided by a pair of independent metallic members, usually semi-cylindrical in form, which are clamped together over the curling pin. In view of the large number of tresses which must be treated in order to wave a .head of hair and the number of operations consequently involved, it is desirable that the time used by an operator in enclosing each tress to be treated be reduced to a minimum.

It is also desirable that the enclosing means provided be of such nature as to reduce to a minimum the possibility of the escape of steam adjacent the scalp of the subject.

The invention accordingly contemplates the provision of enclosing means which may beeasily and quickly placed about a tress of hair on a curling pin and which will provide a maximum protection for the scalp and hair of the subject.

The exemplified embodiment of the invention comprises a' pair of metallic sections 10 and 11 which are semi-cylindrical in shape vented.

areadapted to be closed about a tress of hair 14 wound. on a curling pin 15, and comprise end portions 16 which are provided with recesses as at l7 for the reception of the curling pin. In order to provide a tight closure of the sections at their-edges so as to prevent the escape of'steambetween the same, strips of compressible material may be fitted against the edges of the sections, and are preferably extended not only along the forward edges thereof which are normally adjacent the subjects-soalp, but also against the end edges which grip the curling pin and against the rear edges as well. In this manner all danger of the escape of steam at points where it might injure the scalp or hair of the subject or interfere with the work of the opera tor is eliminated. In the present exempli-- fication there are accordingly provided continuous rectangular rubber strips 18 and 19 which are curved upwardly at the center of each end (as shown at 20) so as to fit against the recesses 17 and to admit a curling pin, such as the pin 15, therebetween. Vvith a view to securely retaining the strips in place,

while permitting the ready removal thereof when the rubber has become soiled or aged,

there are formed on certain of the edges of the sections a plurality of protuberances 21 such as provided by the examplified corrugations in the longitudinal edges of each sec tion at the front and rear thereof. As will be seen, the edges of the sections are fitted into correspondingly shaped slits in the rubber strips, and serve to hold the strips firmly thereon, whereby annoying delays in the fitting of heaters in place are effectually pre- In order to permit the introduction of steam or other gaseous treating medium into the chamberprovided by the sections 10 and 11, there is formed'on the section 10,.in the present instance, a rigid tube 22 which is so positioned as to serve as' a handle for the section/ With a view to facilitating a manipulation of the sections, there is provided on the other section 11 a handle member 23 which may be gripped at the same time as the tube 22 to manipulate the sections and particularly to openthe same. Over the free'end of the tube 22 there is preferably secured a flexible tubing 22 through which a gaseous treating medium may be carried from any suitable source of supply. Holes 24 are provided in the rear of the section 1 1 to permit the escape of steam at points where no injury can be caused to the subject. 4 With a view of providing means for normally closing. the sections there is provided, in the present instance, a spring 25 associated with each pair of the hinge members.

In order to press the sections 10 and 11 together, there is provided in the examplification of Figs. 1 to 6 a clamp consisting of two arms 26 and 27 which are pivotally mounted at 28 to a brace 29 attached, in the present instance, to one of the hinge members 12 and connected at their outer ends by a U- shaped bridge member 30. These arms are adapted to be swung over the sections when the same are in closed position so as to permit the U-shaped member, which may be slightly resilient, to-clamp the sections tightly together. In the present instance a clamping member of the-nature described is pro-- vided for each end of the ha1r-treat1ng device.

If desired,,blocks 31 may be secured to the i outside of the sections at the points of contact with the clamping arms. Inasmuch as intreating a head of hair a number of treating devices are ordinarily arranged end to end, it is desirable that the clamping arms,

such as 26 and 27,, be arranged so that'the same will require, a minimum of space in'being swung back for openin the device. Ac-.

cordingly, in the exemplific ations shown in Figs. 1 to 6, each of these arms is formed of a plurality of pivotally connected links 32 and 33, and the U-shaped arm is pivotally connected with the outer sections 33, as at 34, which permits the U-shaped arm 30 to be moved backward, as shown-by the dotted lines in Fig. 6 without being swung outwardly toward the end of a second heating device which may be in line with the device on which the arm is mounted.

If desired, however, the outer link of the arm may be made'integral with the U-shaped member as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. In this exemplification, the brace 29 is mounted on the lower hinge member 13, to permit the clampmg member to be used as a handle, in

placeof a member such-as 23, in manipulatsection 10 over which the block arm is adapt-' ed toswing. On the free end of the arm there is pivotally mounted an eccentric 42 pro vided with a lever arm 43 and having an operating surface 44 adapted to cooperate with the surface 45 on the block 41 to press the same toward the section 11 when the lever arm is swung to the position shown'in Fig. 11.

7 Since certain-changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without depart ing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense,

It is also to be understood that the followin'g .claimsare intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween. Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hair treating device adapted to enclose a tress of hair wound about a curler, comprising a pair of hinged sections, a rigid tube extending outwardly from one of said sections and adapted to admit a gaseous treating medium to the interior of the same, an arm extending outwardly from the other of said sections adapted to be gripped together with said tube to manipulate said sections, and means to hold said sections in closed position when in use.

2. A hair treating device adapted to enclose a tress of hair wound about a curler, comprising a pair of hinged sections, re silient means tending to close said sections, a handle member extending outwardly from each of said sections, said handle members being adapted to be gripped simultaneously to move said sections apart against the pressure of said resilient means, and supplemental means for retaining said sections firmly in closed position.

3. A hair treating device adapted to enclose a tress of hair wound about a c'urler, comp ising a pair of sections, hinge means connectmg said sections, resilient means associated with said hinge means and tend ing to close said sections, a rigid tube ex tending outwardly from one of said sections and adapted to admit a gaseous treating medium to the interior of the same, and

an arm on the otherot saidsections adapted to be gripped together with said tube to move said sections apart against pressure of said resilient means.

4. A hair treating device adapted to enclose a tress of'hairwound about a curl'er,.

comprising a pair of metallic sections and a strip of rubber extending along certain of the exposed edges of said sections, said sections being formed with irregularly shaped edges fitting into correspondingly shaped slits in the rubber to retain the said rubber strips in place.

6. A hair treating device adapted to enclose a tress of hair wound about a curler, comprising a pair of metallic sections having corrugated longitudinal edges, and a strip of rubber extending about the longiutdinal and end edges of each section, the corrugations on said longitudinal edges fitting into correspondingly shaped slits in the rubber and serving to hold said rubber strips in place.

'7'. A hair treating deviceadapted to enclose a tress of hair wound about a curler, comprising a pair of hinged metallic sections the longitudinal edges of said sections being corrugated, a continuous piece of rubber surrounding tlIe edges of each section, resilient means associated with the hinges of said sections and tending to close the same, a rigid tube extending outwardly from one side and adapted to admit a gaseous treating medium to the interior of the same, a handle on the other section adapted to be gripped at the same time as said tube to open said sections, and a clamp to hold said sections closed when. in use. q

8. Hair treating apparatus, including, in combination, a curling pin, a pair of semi cylindrical sections adapted to form a treating chamber for hair on said curling pin, a strip of impervious compressible material extending about the longitudinal and end edges of each of said sections and formed to provide a recess for the reception of said curling pin at said end edges, hinge means connecting said sections at one side, and a U- shaped member adapted to embrace opposite sides of the semi-cylindrical members at each end thereof to compress said compressible material and to maintain the device firmly in closed position.

9. A hair-treating device adapted to en-' close a tress of hair wound about a curler, comprising a pair of hinged sections and means to clamp said sections firmly against each other, said means comprising a pair of arms pivotally mounted adjacent the hinged edges of said sections, and abridging member connecting said arms.

10. A hair-treating device adapted to en- .close a tress of hair wound about a curler,

comprising a pair of hinged sections and means to clamp said sections firmly against each other, said means comprising a pair of arms pivotally mounted adjacent the hinged edges of said sections, and a bridging member connecting said arms, each of said arms comprising a plurality of pivotally-connected links, the outer link on each arm being pivotally connected with said bridging member.

11. A hair-treating device adapted to en close a tress of hair wound about a curler, comprising a pair of metallic sections, and compressible material extending about the edges of each section and serving to provide a tight closure when the device is in use, said sections being formed with irregularly shaped surfaces which the compressible material embraces to hold the compressible material in place.

12. A hair-treating device adapted to entions, said means being adapted to press the close a tress of hair Wound about a. curler, compressible material on each section toward comprising a pair of metalli e tio the material on the other section and toward 10 pressible material fitted over all of the edges the curllng pin so as to provide a tight 010- 5 of each of said sections and formed with a SUIT? dGViCecurved portion adapted to form a bearing for y In testimony whereof I affix y slgnaturea curling pin, and means for closing-said sec- ALBERT MICI-ION RENE. 

